District judge Adrian Lower said: "I take a dim view of people who come into York to go stealing.

Both were given a community order including an exclusion order banning them from going within York city walls for two years and 200 hours' unpaid work. They were each also ordered to pay a £60 statutory surcharge and £85 prosecution costs.

Two other men are wanted on warrant after they failed to attend York Magistrates Court in April.
Ionut Bogden Nicolau, 25, and Lucian Ionut Ivan, 27, both of Gregory Boulevard, Nottingham, are jointly charged with Lefter and Irima.